Social Relations With Non-Muslims In A Non-Muslim Country Part 2

<span style="font-size: 14px">&quot;O King! All of us were ignorant and dim-witted. We worshipped idols, ate unsacrificed carrion and indulged in various types of immodesty. We broke relations with our relatives. We mistreated our neighbors. The strong among us oppressed the weak. We were in this state when Allah Ta'ala had mercy on us. He sent down a Prophet from among us, whose lineage, truth and honesty, modesty was well known to us. He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) invited us towards Allah Ta'ala and taught us to know and believe that Allah Ta'ala is One and to worship Him only; and to relinquish those idols which we and our forefathers worshipped. He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) commanded us to worship only Allah Ta'ala and not to hold anybody as an associate with Allah. <br /> <br /> He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) commanded us to perform Salaat i.e. Prayers, Zakat i.e. charity and Sawm i.e. fasting.&quot; Hadhrat Ja'afar mentioned the rules of Islam and said: &quot;The True Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) ordered us to be truthful. He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) ordered us not to break trust, to honor our relations, to treat our neighbors well, to refrain from bloodshed and stopped us from all kinds of immodesty, from unlawful actions, from lying, from embezzling the money of orphans and from slandering virtuous women. Thus, we acknowledged Him (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as the Prophet and believed in Him and followed whatever He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) brought for us from Allah Ta'ala. Accordingly, we worship only Allah Ta'ala and do not consider anybody as an His associate. Whatever Allah Ta'ala made lawful for us, we consider it lawful and whatever is made unlawful for us we consider it unlawful.<br /> <br /> Only because of this, our people turned into our enemies. They troubled us to no end. They tortured us in many ways, so that we may return to worship of idols and consider those filthy, unlawful things as lawful. When they crossed all limits in their torment and torture, when they constrained us, when they came between us and our religion, then we left our land and preferred you over others and assumed your neighborhood in the hope that you will not oppress us.&quot;<br /> <br /> To be continued... </span>